The term 'brain injured' is quite comforting to hear ( consider mentally retarded.. it is not nice to hear.. is it?). An injury has a chance to heal ; the term 'brain- injury' gives hope to parents (who have hurt kids ) that their kids might heal.
According to Glenn Doman, everyone is brain-injured. Brain injury is like a spectrum.We all have it to one degree or another.
Once we complete reading this book we will start to realize that brain-injured people are human beings just like us. They might have extra needs but their basic needs are the same as ours - they need love, care and affection. They are smart but they do not know how to express it or may be they are not able to express it.
This book gives a new perspective in treating brain-injured kids and even adults. Though these methods are not yet popular in the medical community I hope one day they will find their way through.This is not a how-to book; it is just a book that details out the journey of how Glenn Doman and his associates discovered this kind of a treatment and why it works.
The treatments given for brain-injured children at IAHP include
1. Masking - to enhance breathing
2. Patterning - to help a brain-injured kid with mobility
3. Stimulation of the 3 senses- visual, auditory and tactile
4. Hanging from a bar & brachiating
and much more...
Not many of the above mentioned treatment methods are approved by the AAP as scientifically valid. Still, we can find many parents who have achieved success with their kids by following this program religiously.
I personally liked the book because I was able to relate the concept of brain-injury and healing with the theory that I already had in my mind.
If you are a parent of a brain-injured kid then this is a must read. Even if you are not going to follow this method for treating your kid it might be of use to gain some knowledge about brain-injury.
Note: I am not affiliated to IAHP in any way.
